From the Secrets of the Great Art of Cooking and the Healing Effect of Fine Cuisine, with specialist recipes by Eckart Witzigmann, the Alchemy of Food is a cookbook with a difference. Aimed at those suffering from cancer, it traces the origins of alchemy and its illustrious practitioners and draws parallels between the art of alchemy and cooking This wonderful book examines the beneficial effect on the human body of quality products and the fusion of unusual and neglected ingredients. By providing a number of mouth watering recipes that not only taste delicious but are designed to promote physical and spiritual well-being this comprehensive and informative book is an enlightening and illuminating journey into the forgotten art of food.